Week 8 - Challenge 2 - Base Bracket Design

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of the project is to design the class B and C surface of the base bracket with given class A surface and draft analysis has to be carried out by creating the tooling axis by bisecting method.

INTRODUCTION:

The draft analysis command enables you to detect whether the designed part can be removed easily.Tooling direction is mainly concerned in the plastic and mould parts since it defined the openinig and closing of the mold.

PROCEDURE FOR CREATING THE TOOLING DIRECTION:

• First import the class A surface on the generative work bench in catia and check for irregularities using join or boundary command.
• Then then hole which is visible in z direction has taken in to account, a point and line is created on the hole and named it as dummy tooling axis.
• An axis systemis inserted and the intersections are created between the xz plane of axis system and given class A part.
• Then for previously considered problem solving edges a point-point lines are created and then by using bisecting line the tooling direction was created and subjected to draft analysis.

CLASS A DRAFT ANALYSIS REPORT:

COMPONENT DRAFT ANALYSIS REPORT